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About the Role

As Project Director, you will manage and oversee operational aspects within AECOM, contributing to strategic planning and ensuring the successful implementation of high-level strategies. You will support program leads by providing high-level planning services, preparing project plans, producing baseline scheduled tasks, resource profiles, and financial models. The role focuses on improving project delivery capability, providing leadership in best practices, and managing operational issues within project controls and PMO.

Responsibilities

Promote and ensure overall team integration
Establishes partnerships with external employers to develop recruitment strategies and enhance internal and external relationships
Implement and lead collaborative planning workshops to ensure buy-in from overall project team
Perform impact analysis and monitors schedule variance
Lead application of specific planning/scheduling methods, techniques and tools
Ability to advise on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively
Able to manage planning/scheduling delivery of medium/high complexity projects / programmes
Ability to play key role in multidisciplinary teams and take lead role in creating plans or analysing trends using numerical and statistical techniques
Leads and manages a team of professionals delivering planning/schedule management services and responsible for staff development
Mastery in setting up effective planning / schedule management systems & procedures
Managing resourcing, growing & developing the team
Able to manage activities with significant uncertainty of solution or outcomes
Support to senior management in deal negotiations, contract development, due diligence & other business development or alliance development projects
Excellent attention to detail & able to validate & check schedule management inputs, recording & reports produced, providing basic commentary & analysis
Looking to future to create a vision and set strategy
Persuading and influencing colleagues
Identifying and analysing business risks
Building and leading a high performing team
Very high political and cultural acuity
Creating and delivering persuasive and engaging presentations to wide range of audiences in our industry
Spotting, developing and coaching talented individuals
Selling and promoting the business and winning work

Requirements

Managing daily team operations, including developing team policies and procedures, conducting team assessment and evaluation, and participating in strategic team planning
Overseeing specific programme areas, such as recruiting, experiential learning, and employer relations
Establishing partnerships with external employers to develop recruitment strategies and enhance internal and external relationships
Devising strategies for growth in profit and customer satisfaction, implementing policies and standards, evaluating the workforce, and setting goals in terms of budget and billable work
Conducting Peer Reviews and Quality Audits supported by concise report writing
Client focused and will understand the benefits of different communication methods and will effectively communicate with the client to ensure their needs are understood
Implement collaboration techniques and lead workshops to develop meaningful project plans
Able to make autonomous decisions guided by policies, procedures and business objectives
Capture lessons learned and communicate them to the team as well as develop case studies to ensure knowledge transfer
Apply CAM (Client Account Management) approach to manage all project stakeholders
Seek best practice, continuous improvement and added value, and understand the client's needs/requirements by proactively engaging with the client to grow and expand relationships
Seek to promote the sharing of any innovation or best practice
Strong desire to keep up to date with Industry best practice and technology innovations and have the willingness and motivation to participate in Working Groups
Seek to bring new ideas and thinking to client work and internal processes and operations

Skills

Scheduling Best practice
Associated software
AI revolution of Project Controls
Planning Best practices
Continuous Improvement
Project interface management
Team Integration and Collaboration
Planning/scheduling
EVM
Project controls methodologies
Complex requirements analysis
Multidisciplinary team participation
Numerical and statistical techniques
Schedule management systems & procedures
Schedule management tools & software
Resourcing management
Team development
Risk analysis
Team leadership
Political and cultural acuity
Presentation skills
Talent development and coaching
Business development
Collaboration techniques
Autonomous decision making
Knowledge transfer
Client Account Management (CAM)
Innovation

Location

UK - London - Aldgate Tower

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Mid-level management

Education Level

Degree educated

Benefits

Flexibility
Hybrid work options
Dynamic work environment
Wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs
Access to industry-leading technology and thinking
Transformational work with big impact
Work flexibility

About the Company

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.
On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.
Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.
AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.
We are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come.

Equal Opportunity

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.